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Welcome to Daisy ...

Daisy is located in Howard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Daisy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Daisy is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Daisy lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Daisy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Daisy - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Daisy.

Websites for Daisy ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.howardchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Daisy, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Daisy ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Daisy.

  • Rockville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Gaithersburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <3>
  • Mount Airy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sykesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kensington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • New Windsor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Garrett Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Chevy Chase View
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Chevy Chase View is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
  • Union Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Daisy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Daisy.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Daisy. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Daisy.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Daisy ...

Looking for more information about Daisy? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Daisy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Daisy.

Adding Daisy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Daisy in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Daisy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Daisy post office opened in 1882. The Daisy post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Daisy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Daisy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/